GRE Word List
WANGLE
achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.
The meaning of the word wangle is achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party..
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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noose | loop formed in a rope |
venerable | deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get |
vitiate | spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally |
unassuming | modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner |
unerringly | infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes |
summation | act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial) |
whit | small amount; smallest speck; Ex. not a whit of |
chauvinist | blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin |
clairvoyant | having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance |
defoliate | destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant |